jackhammer
To use a jackhammerTo use a jackhammer.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» I could hear a jackhammer hammering in the distance.
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7 senses(intransitive)To use a jackhammer.
(transitive)To break (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive)To form (something) using a jackhammer.
(figuratively, intransitive)To move like a jackhammer.
To move like a jackhammer.
(figuratively, intransitive)To beat hard, to pound. (of the heart or pulse)
(figuratively, transitive)To move (something) like a jackhammer.
(figuratively, transitive)To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
Examples
6 sentencesI could hear a jackhammer hammering in the distance.
I could hear a jackhammer pounding in the distance.
Tom snores like a jackhammer.
We should've brought a jackhammer.
Tom worked with a jackhammer.
Origin
From jack + hammer.From jack + hammer.
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Forms
jackhammers, jackhammering, jackhammered, jackhammered| Base form | jackhammer · to jackhammer |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | jackhammers |
| Present participle | jackhammering |
| Past simple | jackhammered |
| Past participle | jackhammered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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